The goal of the study (sponsored by the U.S. Department of  Health and Human Services, Administration for Children and Families) is to provide an updated overview of families’ needs of child care in 50 states and the District of Columbia, incluindg Family, Friend, Neighbor and Nanny (FFNN) care and child care staff. Project staff will contact Child Care Resource & Referral Agencies, like thread, in the local study communities to ask for support in getting the word out to providers. The survey will be conducted December 2011 through May 2012.